There is “no fear of paralysis whatsoever” for Sophia Floersch after she underwent a success surgical treatment following her horrific Formula three crash, the teenager’s team foremost stated Monday.

Floersch, 17, suffered a fractured backbone on the Macau Grand Prix after her airborne automotive flew backward over the threshold of the circuit and during the catch fence right into a construction as regards to the place marshals and photographers have been stationed.

Van Amersfoort Racing proprietor Frits van Amersfoort stated Floersch had an “angel on her shoulder” after she one way or the other survived such a horrendous damage.

He later mentioned that the German is improving neatly after bone from her hip used to be used to fix certainly one of her vertebrae in an operation that took nearly 10 hours.

“Everything is working and everything is in order,” Van Amersfoort advised the BBC World Service.

“[Paralysis] used to be the principle worry. That’s why the operation needed to be finished rather temporarily as a result of there used to be a threat it [Floersch’s spinal cord] could be broken.

“We are extremely happy that she is now recovering and that everything went extremely well. There’s no fear of paralysis whatsoever.”